WWE Smackdown TV viewership: Numbers for the show headlined by The Shield vs. Daniel Bryan and The Uso Brothers

Friday's WWE Smackdown averaged 2.602 million viewers, down from the 2.827 million viewers the previous week, according to Zap2It.com. [Thanks to Dot Net reader Darius Malcisky]

Powell's POV: It's worth noting that Smackdown drew 2.467 million viewers two weeks earlier. In other words, viewership declined, yet it was still a solid night for the Friday night show. Smackdown remained the highest rated cable original in the 18-49 demographic.